as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
mom-and-pop stores just can't compete with these mastodons of retailing
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Recent Examples of mastodon
New York State Museum Remnants of mastodons have been discovered in New York before.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodon
Noun
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While manatees have a large, rounded and almost spoon-like tail, the tail of a dugong is fluked, looking more like the tail of a whale, according to the Marine Mammal Center.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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For me, the deepest resonance has to do with appreciating whales and dolphins as sentient beings, as creatures that share the planet with us, and that’s still a very moving idea.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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This can be seen first-hand with sites like the 66-million-year-old Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (thought to be the reason for mass dinosaur extinction) and the 50,000-year-old Meteor Crater in northern Arizona.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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There are dinosaurs, superheroes and whimsical designs.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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South Korean online gaming giant Krafton, controlled by billionaire Chang Byung-gyu, has led a 4.5 billion rupees ($53 million) financing round in Indian startup Cashfree Payments.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
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The New Orleans Saints needed a new naming rights partner in 2020 when auto giant Mercedes-Benz decided to not renew its contract after inking a long-term stadium deal with the rival Atlanta Falcons.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The creature towers over one of Peter's fellow students which spurs him into action, distracting the monster long enough for Dr. Strange to wrangle it and haul it back through one of his signature portals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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For now, questions that seem to have no answers persist: How Hitler’s cult of personality could create such monsters and how so much of a nation could have committed such crimes.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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This team wants to resurrect the mammoth, the flightless dodo and Tasmanian tiger, an Australian marsupial that went extinct in 1936.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rife is set to embark on his mammoth The Stay Golden Tour next year which includes a large slate of North American shows that kick off on March 8 in Dallas and conclude in Boston on Dec. 31, 2025, with 30 stops scheduled between those dates.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2024
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But the 54-room boutique hotel will also include nods to the brand’s beachy Nantucket and Palm Beach locations, like elephant door knockers at the entrance to each room and suite.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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This development is raising concerns for the region's unique ecosystem, particularly its colonies of King penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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